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Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 7th, 2024, 10:32 pm
by Mike4
Another mate of mine worked for a big name circus until recently. In fact he was their "Human Canonball".

He wasn't getting any younger and was suffering quite a bit from the physical toll on his body, so after much thought he decided to pack it in and resign.

The ringmaster was really upset and begged him to stay, saying "Where am I going to find another man of your calibre?"

Re: Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 7th, 2024, 10:53 pm
by kempiejon
My chum was a hopeless human cannon ball, he lost his job at several circuses, he was always getting

sorry

Re: Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 7th, 2024, 10:56 pm
by Mike4
kempiejon wrote:My chum was a hopeless human cannon ball, he lost his job at several circuses, he was always getting

sorry


Sacked?!

Re: Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 8th, 2024, 9:53 pm
by jfgw
Discharged? No, it would be the canon that got discharged. It must be something-else.

Re: Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 8th, 2024, 10:10 pm
by csearle
Some have more luck. My human cannonball mate had a parabolic career path.

Re: Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 8th, 2024, 10:17 pm
by servodude
csearle wrote:Some have more luck. My human cannonball mate had a parabolic career path.


I'd heard it has its ups and downs

Re: Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 8th, 2024, 10:26 pm
by csearle
jfgw wrote:Discharged? No, it would be the canon that got discharged. It must be something-else.
Launched onto a new career path?

Re: Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 8th, 2024, 10:31 pm
by Tedx
csearle wrote:Some have more luck. My human cannonball mate had a parabolic career path.


Yeah, you just gotta go for the juggler.

Re: Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 8th, 2024, 10:37 pm
by Watis
Tedx wrote:
csearle wrote:Some have more luck. My human cannonball mate had a parabolic career path.


Yeah, you just gotta go for the juggler.


Like all circus acts, it requires intense concentration!

Watis

Re: Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 9th, 2024, 8:50 am
by bungeejumper
jfgw wrote:Discharged? No, it would be the canon that got discharged.

Aaaah, we shan't see the old joke again, so let's give it a lap of honour? When the queen has a baby, they give her a 21 gun salute. Whereas when a nun has a baby, they fire the dirty old canon. :D

Now, if this queen had a baby, they'd be asking whether there might be some substance to HRH's nutty health ideas after all?

BJ

Re: Leaving the circus...

Posted: February 9th, 2024, 2:18 pm
by Sutch
I used to be a circus human cannonball. The pay wasn't good but they threw in travel expenses.

They couldn't sack me because I was the only one who could get the tent back in the bag!